Awareness Ribbon Colours & What Each One Means
The ribbon symbol has been adopted by many charities to raise awareness, each using a different colour to represent their specific medical condition or issue. The most recognised would probably be the red ribbon symbol which is worn in support of those with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the pink ribbon symbol for breast cancer.
Here is a list of the different coloured ribbon awareness symbols and what each one represents:
By Colour:
- Black – Melanoma, Narcolepsy, Sleep Apnoea & Sleep Disorders
- Black & White – Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Neuroendocrine Cancer, Carcinoid Cancer
- Blue – Prostate Cancer, Anti-Bullying, Guillain Barre Syndrome, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Colon Cancer, Colorectal Cancer
- Cream – Degenerative Disc Disease
- Green – Mental Health Awareness, Liver Cancer, Gallbladder Cancer & Adrenal Cancer
- Grey – Brain Cancer, Asthma, Diabetes
- Lavender – All Cancers
- Lime – Lymphoma, Mental Illness, Lyme Disease, Muscular Dystrophy
- Orange – Leukaemia, Kidney Cancer, Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Pale / light blue – Prostate cancer, Eating disorder, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Pink – Breast Cancer
- Purple – Epilepsy, Pancreatic Cancer, Fibromyalgia, Lupus
- Rainbow – Autism
- Red – Heart Disease, Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), HIV, Cardiovascular Disease, Congenital Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Hypertension, Stroke, Tuberculosis, Haemophilia
- Teal – Ovarian Cancer, Vulvar Cancer, Desmoid Tumours
- Teal & White – Cervical Cancer
- Teal / Pink / Blue – Thyroid Cancer
- Yellow – Bone Cancer, Sarcoma Cancer & Endometriosis
- White – Lung Cancer
By Condition:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) – Red
- Adrenal Cancer – Green
- All Cancers – Lavender
- Ankylosing Spondylitis – Blue
- Anti-Bullying – Blue
- Asthma – Grey
- Autism or Asperger's – Rainbow
- Bone Cancer – Yellow
- Brain Cancer - Grey
- Breast Cancer – Pink
- Cardiovascular Disease – Red
- Cervical Cancer – Teal & White
- Colon Cancer – Blue
- Colorectal Cancer – Blue
- Congenital Heart Disease – Red
- Desmoid Tumours - Teal
- Diabetes – Grey
- Eating Disorders – Pale/Light Blue
- Endometriosis – Yellow
- Epilepsy – Purple
- Fibromyalgia – Purple
- Gallbladder Cancer – Green
- Guillain Barre Syndrome – Blue
- Heart Disease – Red
- Haemophilia – Red
- High Blood Pressure – Red
- HIV – Red
- Hypertension – Red
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) – Pale/Light blue
- Kidney Cancer – Orange
- Leukaemia - Orange
- Liver Cancer – Green
- Lung Cancer – Pearl or white
- Lupus – Purple
- Lymphoma – Lime
- Lymphoedema – Light Blue
- Melanoma - Black
- Mental Health Awareness – Green
- Narcolepsy – Black
- Ovarian Cancer – Teal
- Pancreatic Cancer – Purple
- Prostate Cancer – Blue or Pale Blue
- Sarcoma Cancer – Yellow
- Sleep Apnoea – Black
- Sleep Disorders – Black
- Stroke – Red
- Thyroid Cancer – Teal/Pink/Blue
- Tuberculosis – Red
- Vulvar Cancer – Teal
Awareness Ribbon Jewellery
Our awareness ribbon jewellery includes an array of pins, bracelets, and necklaces, so you can raise awareness to a medical condition you, or someone you love has.
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4 Responses
Gareth Williams
Hi, can you add cream to the list.
Degenerative Disc Disease, most sites do everything except this.
Tanya Butler
Have just added light blue, yellow and black to our options on this bracelet. Pleased to be able to support so many different types of cancer xxx
Sharon Thompson
is there a ribbon for Lymphoedema please
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